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||File:Eisenhower in the Oval Office February 1956.jpg|link=Transdimensional corporation|1958: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised address to the nation, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by [[transdimensional corporations]].
||File:Eisenhower in the Oval Office February 1956.jpg|link=Transdimensional corporation|1958: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised address to the nation, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by [[transdimensional corporations]].
|File:Palomares H-Bomb airships.jpg|link=Carnivorous dirigibles|1959: [[Carnivorous dirigibles]] spontaneously generate [[Extract of Radium]].


||1960: China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
||1960: China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
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||2014: Jim Weirich dies ... computer scientist, developed Rake Software. Pic search.
||2014: Jim Weirich dies ... computer scientist, developed Rake Software. Pic search.
File:Phagey the Extract of Radium mascot.png|link=Extract of Radium|1965: [[Extract of Radium]] sponsors re-enactment of the [[Huaynaputina (nonfiction)|eruption of Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina]].


File:Umberto Eco 1984.jpg|link=Umberto Eco (nonfiction)|2016: Novelist, literary critic, and philosopher [[Umberto Eco (nonfiction)|Umberto Eco]] dies. He cited James Joyce and Jorge Luis Borges as the two modern authors who have influenced his work the most.
File:Umberto Eco 1984.jpg|link=Umberto Eco (nonfiction)|2016: Novelist, literary critic, and philosopher [[Umberto Eco (nonfiction)|Umberto Eco]] dies. He cited James Joyce and Jorge Luis Borges as the two modern authors who have influenced his work the most.

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  • 1473: Mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus born. He will formulate a model of the universe that places the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.

    1473: Mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus born. He will formulate a model of the universe that places the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.

  • 1596: Cryptographer and diplomat Blaise de Vigenère (nonfiction) dies. The Vigenère cipher was misattributed to him; Vigenère himself devised a different, stronger cipher.

    1596: Cryptographer and diplomat Blaise de Vigenère (nonfiction) dies. The Vigenère cipher was misattributed to him; Vigenère himself devised a different, stronger cipher.

  • 1600: The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.

    1600: The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.

  • 1616: The Inquisition asked a commission of theologians, known as qualifiers, about the propositions of the heliocentric view of the universe after Nicollo Lorin had accused Galileo Galilei of heretical remarks in a letter to his former student, Benedetto Castelli.

    1616: The Inquisition asked a commission of theologians, known as qualifiers, about the propositions of the heliocentric view of the universe after Nicollo Lorin had accused Galileo Galilei of heretical remarks in a letter to his former student, Benedetto Castelli.

  • 1799: Mathematician, physicist, and sailor Jean-Charles de Borda dies. He contributed to the development of the metric system, constructing a platinum standard meter, the basis of metric distance measurement.

    1799: Mathematician, physicist, and sailor Jean-Charles de Borda dies. He contributed to the development of the metric system, constructing a platinum standard meter, the basis of metric distance measurement.

  • 1897: Mathematician and academic Karl Weierstrass dies. He will be cited as the "father of modern analysis".

    1897: Mathematician and academic Karl Weierstrass dies. He will be cited as the "father of modern analysis".

  • 1919: Mathematician and academic Alexander Andreevich Samarskii born. Samarskii will contribute to applied mathematics, numerical analysis, mathematical modeling, and finite difference methods.

    1919: Mathematician and academic Alexander Andreevich Samarskii born. Samarskii will contribute to applied mathematics, numerical analysis, mathematical modeling, and finite difference methods.

  • 1946: Mathematician and academic Alan Turing presents the "Proposal for the Development in the Mathematics Division of an Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) to a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL); the proposal will be approved at a second meeting held a month later.

    1946: Mathematician and academic Alan Turing presents the "Proposal for the Development in the Mathematics Division of an Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) to a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL); the proposal will be approved at a second meeting held a month later.

  • 2016: Novelist, literary critic, and philosopher Umberto Eco dies. He cited James Joyce and Jorge Luis Borges as the two modern authors who have influenced his work the most.

    2016: Novelist, literary critic, and philosopher Umberto Eco dies. He cited James Joyce and Jorge Luis Borges as the two modern authors who have influenced his work the most.

  • 2017: Mathematician and dissident Igor Shafarevich dies. He made fundamental contributions to algebraic number theory, algebraic geometry, and arithmetic algebraic geometry.

    2017: Mathematician and dissident Igor Shafarevich dies. He made fundamental contributions to algebraic number theory, algebraic geometry, and arithmetic algebraic geometry.

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